Upgrade to Premium

A while back, I got a text from BT saying that my broadband migration would happen on the 26th Jan. Having initially been surprised as I've succesfully been with Plusnet for 6 months already, I later found out that my line was moving to the 21CN.Having looked at the Premium product to make use of the extra speed (as Unlimited in the evenings can be tortuous), I went through the upgrade wizard on the website and changed to premium. Or so I thought. Did it work? I didn't get any confirmation, and the website still showed I was on unlimited.I sent a question to support via "My Questions", and 22 hours later (I thought the target was 4 hours?!) an analyst confirmed that the change would take place on my next billing date, nearly 4 weeks away.Why do I need to wait so long to change products? The analyst says it would disrupt the billing team too much - but how, as I'll be paying the same price? Surely it's just the equivalent of "flicking a switch"?The thing that amused me, though, is when I eventually found the automatic ticket saying I'd requested the change (why are these hidden & don't notify the customer?), it says:

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This Customer has chosen to downgrade from "Plusnet Unlimited" to "Plusnet Premium"

Downgrade??! Is this what I have to look forward to?! Rant over.. I'll just have to wait 3 weeks and see what happens...

Re: Upgrade to Premium

You may be interested in reading the thread I started on 26/01/2010 about changing to Premium.I am due to change from BBYW2 to Premium when my new "Broadband Month" starts in a couple of days time. This will mean:Useage allowance up from 15GB a month to 80GB a month. Speeds up (hopefully!)Charge per month up (after the first three months)Yet Plusnet call this a downgrade!I got the usual email yesterday, warning me that my monthly payment would be taken out on Thursday, and hoping that 'I was enjoying using Plusnet Premium'. Sorry, PN, but not being a clairvoyant, I'll have to wait for a week or two before I can answer that. This is not a rant, as I find it rather amusing.CheersKeith

Re: Upgrade to Premium

@JonJon, done, but shush, don't tell anyone @deekay, sorry about the confusion there, the system sees it as a downgrade 'cos it's cheaper initially. There's a problem open on the email content, I'll see if I can nudge that along.

Re: Upgrade to Premium

[Internal]The Account Regrade process encountered an issue when trying to change the customer's account. The system attempted to select a tariff matching the contract period of the old product (18MONTH) but this is invalid for the new product. The system has automatically selected a period of 'MONTHLY'. Please check the customer's account type and scheduled payments, and ensure that the contract period is correct.

However, I asked about the contract at the beginning (ticket 31758317) as I was still on my Unlimited contract, and was told:

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You can change to our Premium package either on the website or you can call us so we can do it for you. There is no contract you can cancel any time if you give us 10 days notice.

Re: Upgrade to Premium

Apologies, I should have spotted that.The ADSL2+ thing is fine, it takes 5 working days to regrade, so you won't see a change until next Monday.Regarding the contracts, that's because you signed up to an 18 month contract, but they don't exist anymore. The default behaviour of reverting to monthly is correct in your case, so I've closed that ticket. You're on a rolling monthly contract, with a 10 day notice period.

Re: Upgrade to Premium

Hello Mand.Thanks for your reply. As I said, it was a light-hearted posting, sent as a change to the usual "PN is the world's worst ISP" type of postings to the Rants and Raves section.Sorry, but I am confused - an easy state for me to get in!After my change to Premium takes place, will I be on a month's contract too? I thought Premium was a 12 month contract.Many thanks for clarifying this.Cheers.Keith